Source: New York Post
Eight Apache helicopter pilots who wowed a crowd of beachgoers during a Fourth of July airshow were suspended by the South Carolina National Guard — a decision that sparked outrage among lawmakers who argued the airmen should be applauded rather than punished. Video footage of the military pilots’ low pass during the Salute from the Shore event went viral on social media and showed the attack helicopters thundering along the South Carolina coast as dozens of people waved and cheered them on from the water and sand below. The South Carolina National Guard said it is reviewing the pilots’ “flight profile” and described their “temporary flight suspension” as a “routine, non-punitive safety measure — not a disciplinary action.
